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excisional

excisional adjective: performed by excision.

Adjective

excisional (not comparable)

  1. performed by excision
    • At present, no single instrument can replace excisional biopsies for obtaining information.2001 May 18, Frank Koenig et al., “Diagnosing Cancer in Vivo”, in Science, volume 292, number 5520, →DOI, pages 1401–1403

Origin of excisional

From excision + -al.

Words formed from excisional

Questions about excisional

What does excisional mean?
Excisional means performed by excision.
What part of speech is excisional?
Excisional is an adjective.

Words near excisional in the dictionary

  1. excisemanships
  2. excisemen
  3. excises
  4. excising
  5. excision
  6. excisional
  7. excisionase
  8. excisionases
  9. excisions
  10. excisive
  11. excisor

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